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| INDIGO MAC HOME AUTOMATION SOFTWARE |
| Item# 1430 |
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Overview
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- Control your electronics manually, remotely or based on timed or conditional variables
- Works with most equipment available from Smarthome for easy one-stop shopping
- Supports the PowerLinc USB -- no need for expensive USB to serial adapters
- Now supports downloading to the PowerLinc ™
- Controller!
Essential Info
If you've been unhappy with the number of choices of Macintosh-compatible home automation software, we've got great news! The Indigo system is the first new Mac home automation software that we've seen in years. Designed from the ground up for OS X, Indigo works using the popular X10 protocol, which communicates over wires that are already installed in your home. No complicated wiring is required. With this Mac home automation software, your comptuter will "speak" the X10 protocol — including advanced commands like All Lights On/Off, Preset Dim, Extended Data, etc. Your Mac will become an intelligent home control server, offering unprecedented control of your home via manual computer or remote control operation, and timed or conditional variables. Smarthome does not accept returns on any opened software.
Manuals/Software
What's Included
Indigo 1.6 - The Mac Home Automation Software
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More Info
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With Indigo, you can program specific action events to occur based on a variety of variables, including time. For example, you can program any lights to turn on and off at specific times, or at sunset. You can also include an optional time randomizing feature for an at-home look, even if you're across the country. With this innovative Mac home automation software, you can even create delayed actions (i.e. turn off lights after 10 minutes of no motion being detected).
Multiple Conditional Triggers
You can also use conditional triggers, such as incorporating motion detectors to turn on lights or other devices as you walk into the room. It can also respond to events based on incoming e-mails (programmed by e-mail subject lines or sender address). This feature allows you to remotely control any appliance or light, even your hot tub, by sending Indigo an e-mail or by using a Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone and Salling Clicker.
Support Scenes
Indigo also allows you to create different lighting scenes, like "Party," "Movie," "Sleeping," "Away," for perfect multi-room lighting levels at the touch of a button. A wide array of action groups can be used to define lighting scenes and other one-step macro sequences.
Supports Notification Features
Indigo can also notify you via user-defined spoken announcements or e-mail (SMTP) when actions occur. This feature is ideal if you want to be notified when there's a power failure or when motion is detected in certain rooms of your home.
Compatible With Most Smarthome Products
Indigo communicates with other X10-compatible devices via a variety of X10 interfaces, including the PowerLinc USB, PowerLinc II Serial, ActiveHome/CM-11A or LynX-PLC. Indigo also offers built-in support for most X10-compatible receivers — Just choose your module from a popup. It even offers easy adjusting of SwitchLinc, ToggleLinc and KeypadLinc preferences, including default dim level, on/off ramp rate and switch transmitting state.
Created Just for Mac OS X
Developed from the ground up specifically for use with Mac OS X, Indigo utilizes preemptive multi-tasking and protected memory, making for an outstanding home control operating system. When idle, Indigo uses a very small percentage of your computer's CPU cycles. This ensures that you will not have any problems running Indigo in the background while you use your computer to do other tasks.
Other features include:- Graphical progress bar shows the status of commands being sent to and from the X10 interface
- Device list view allows manual control of all devices
- Native variable list to easily keep track of automation states, such as "home" or "away"
- Easy to read log files of all activity on the powerline
- Script menu for quick access and editing of all scripts
- Automatic deleting of old log files
- Modern threaded architecture minimizes CPU usage and prevents UI from becoming blocked (no busy cursor!), even when sending long dim or brighten commands
- Extensive AppleScript dictionary, including object model and plug-in architecture
- Define embedded or externally-linked AppleScript actions
Note: Requires Macintosh OS X 10.2.6 or higher and the computer must remain on and running the Indigo program for all functions to operate. For computer-less operations, Indigo can download basic functions like timers and macros to the PowerLinc Controller USB Interface.
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Specifications
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Specifications | | Perceptive Automation Product No.: | Indigo 1.5 | | Requirements: | Macintosh OS X 10.2.6 or higher | | Compatibility: | Macintosh; X10 interface |
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